Calendar mount with pocket



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CALENDAR MOUNT WITH POCKET Filed Dec. 1, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 CALENDARMOUNT WITH POCKET Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro,

Winthrop-Atkins (10., Inc., poration of Massachusetts Mass, assignor toMiddleboro, Mass., a cor- 8 Claims.

This invention relates to calendar mounts and more especially to acalendar mount of the wall or desk type having an auxiliary pocket andto a method of making the same and has for its principal objects toprovide a calendar mount with an improved auxiliary pocket which may beopened outwardly from the plane of the mount when the latter is in use,which is of sturdy construction, which forms an attractive andinexpensive addition to the calendar mount, which is equally applicableto both wall and desk calendars and which is easily incorporated in thedesign of the blank for making the calendar mounts and hence issusceptible of mass production.

As herein illustrated the mount comprises a rigid backboard to which ishinged a panel constituting the front wall of the pocket, the rear Wallof which is the backboard, and to and from which the panel may be swungangularly and spaced end panels hinged to the front panel, the backboardhaving in it spaced parallel slots through which the end panels areslidable. There is means for preventing disengagement of the end panelsfrom the slots and the latter are located at a lesser spacing than theends of the front panel so that as the pocket is collapsed the endpanels are folded inwardly against the back side of the backboard. Thebackboard may have a panel for supporting a photograph or printindependently of the pocket. In one form, this panel covers the frontface of the backboard above the pocket and may have in it a sightopening beneath which may be placed a photograph, print or calendar pad.This panel may also have an integral extension at its lower edge adaptedto be inserted through a horizontal slot in the backboard and to extenddownwardly and rearwardly from the backboard so as to form a leg forholding the mount upright when placed on a fiat surface. In anotherform, the panel is hinged to the backboard along a line substantiallyparallel to the bottom of the pocket so that it may be disposed at anangle thereto, and has fast to its face a faceboard in which there is asight opening beneath which may be placed a photograph, print orcalendar pad. In this instance that portion of the support carrying thepocket is the leg and the panel which carries the faceboard is thefrontboard of a desk calendar mount of the easel-type.

According to the method a blank is prepared from sheet board so as tohave a backboard or support section and sections hinged thereto at itsends. One of the end sections is divided into three panels, a centralpanel which constitutes the front panel of the pocket and lateral panelsat its ends which constitute the side panels of the pocket, the supportsection is provided with spaced slots to receive the end panels and theother end section may be provided with a substantially rectangular sightopening whereupon the one end section is folded relative to the support,the end panels are inserted through the slots therein and the other endsection is folded relative to the support to bring the aperture portionthereof into contact with the support. The apertured portion is thenadhesively secured to the support except for its lateral edges which areleft unattached so that a photograph or calendar pad may be PatentedJuly 24, 1956 slipped therebeneath. Alternatively, the backboard mayhave a slot formed in it and the other end section may be folded intoengagement with the front face of the backboard and a portion of itinserted through the slot so as to extend downwardly and rearwardlytherefrom. In accordance with still another aspect of the method, thebackboard may itself be provided with a transversely extending hinge.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference tothe accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a front view of a wall calendar showing the pocket collapsed;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of a wall calendar with the pocketextended;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the wall calendar with the pocket folded;

Fig, 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the calendar and itspocket are made;

Fig. 7 is a rear view of an easel-type desk calendar mount with thepocket folded;

Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view corresponding to Fig. 7 with the pocket open;

Fig. 10 is a section taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a front view of the desk calendar mount with the pocketfolded;

Fig. 12 is a plan view of the blank from which the desk calendar pad andits pocket are made;

Fig. 13 is a front view of an alternative form of desk calendar;

Fig. 14 is a back view of the calendar shown in Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a side view; and

Fig. 16 is a plan view of the blank from which the calendar mount ismade.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1, the wall calendar mount comprises arigid support 10 of substantially rectangular shape at the lower end ofwhich is mounted a pocket 12. The pocket 12 consists of a front panel 14of substantially trapezoidal shape having an upper edge 16, a lower edge18 and side or end edges 20-20. The lower edge 18 is shorter than theupper edge 16 and hence the ends 20 slope upwardly and outwardly towardthe upper edge. The panel 14 is connected along its lower edge 18 by ahinge 22 so that it may be moved to and from the support 10 from acollapsed to an open position and vice versa, and is operably connectedto the support 10 by end members 24-24. Each end member 24 is connectedalong one edge to an end of the front panel by a hinge 26 and itsopposite edge extends through a slot 28 of which there are two formed inspaced parallel relation in the support It). The slots 28-28 are at alesser spacing than the ends of the front panel so that the end membersor panels 24-24 of the pocket which pass through these slots are causedto be folded against the back of the board when the pocket is collapsedas seen in Fig. 5. Each end panel 24 has upwardly inclined top andbottom edges 30 and 32 so as to afford operating room for movement ofthe end panels through the slots. The end panels also have at theirupper rear extremities extensions 34 which strike the back of thesupport 10 when the pocket is open to prevent disengagement of the endpanels from the slots 28-28. A calendar pad C may be fastened byadhesive, stapling or other suitable means to the front face of thepocket panel.

Above the pocket there is mounted on the support 10, a faceboard 36which has in it a centrally located sight opening 38. The faceboard 36is of substantially rectangular shape having a top edge 40, a bottomedge 42 and side edges 44-44. The top edge 40 is connected: at spacedpoints by hinges to the upper edge of the support It), the bottom edge42 is adhesively connected to the support it) and the side edges 4444are left unattached so that a photograph or calendar pad may be slippedbeneath the faceboard and centered within the sight opening so as to bevisible thercthrough. T he corncr portions Si35t) at the bottom of thefaceboard overlap the upper ends of the slots 2328 blocking the same andproviding means in conjunction with the extensions 34-34 for preventingdisengagement of the end panels 2424 from the slots. The top of thepocket has a hanging tab 46 in which there is a hole 48.

The support N, the pocket and the faceboard are preferably comprised ofsheet board covered with a decorative facing paper and in accordancewith practice heretofore shown in the construction of calendar mountsthe hinges 22, 26Z-6 and 49-40 joining the lower edge of the pocket tothe support i the ends of the pocket to the face of the pocket and thefaceboard to the upper edge of the board are provided by the paperfacing, the substance of the board therebeneath having been cut away byscoring to provide narrow gaps bridged by the paper facing. While suchconstruction is preferred it is of course not essential as hinges may be.provided merely by scoring and/or otherwise weakening the board withoutcutting it away and it is to be understood herein that the hinges may bemade in either fashion.

The blank B as shown in Fig. 6 for making the aforesaid calendar mountand pocket is cut from sheet material and is divided into threesections, a middle section S which constitutes the support, an endsection P which constitutes the calendar pad or photograph receptacleand an end section C which constitutes the calendar pad or photographreceptacle. The support S is of substantially rectangular shape and isdivided from the sections P by a hinge or score line C1 and from thesection C by spaced hinges or score lines C2-C2 In addition to thespaced hinges or score lines C2-C2 a through out C3 separates thesections S and C between the score lines C2-C2 thereby to form the tab46. Spaced parallel slots 2828 are made in the sections S.

The pocket section P is provided with hinges or score lines C4C4 at itsopposite sides which separate the front panel 14 thereof from the endpanels 2424 and near the junction of the pocket panel with the supportS, the end panels 24-24 are cut away or notched at 54S4 to provideclearance spaces.

The section C is cut through along pairs of spaced intersecting linesC-C5 to form in it the sight opening 38 which is substantiallyrectangular in shape and a hole 48 is punched in the tab 46.

The sheet material from which the blanks are cut is preferably coveredon one side with a decorative facing paper, is then scored inappropriate places to remove narrow strips therefrom whereupon a secondpaper facing is applied to the opposite face of the sheet material andthe blanks and openings therein are then cut from the covered sheetmaterial. Thus the hinges are constituted solely by the paper facing atopposite surfaces of the board which bridge the narrow gaps made byscoring. It is to be understood, however, that while this type of hingeis preferred other means may be employed as by scoring, perforating,embossing or otherwise partially weakening the board along the lineswhere it is wished to fold the parts relative to each other.

Figs. 7 to 12 inclusive show an adaptation of the pocket to aneasel-type desk calendar mount. As therein illustrated the support forthe mount consists of a .frontboard 56 of substantially rectangularshape which is adapted to carry the calendar pad C and a leg 58 hingedthereto in such fashion as to hold the frontboard upright in arearwardly sloping position. The leg 58 forms a support for the pocketand the latter which consists of a panel 60 of substantially trapezoidalshape having bottom and top edges 62 and 64 and end edges 66-66 isconnected at its lower edge 62 which is shorter than its upper edge byhinge 68 to the lower end of the leg 58. Thus the panel 69 may be swungabout its hinge forwardiy and rearwardly with respect to the leg 58 andit is operably connected to the leg by end members 7 t)7tl, each ofwhich is connected at its forward edge to an end of the panel by a hinge72. The rear edges of each end panel 7t extend through a slot 74 ofwhich there are two made in spaced parallel relation in the leg 58 forslidably receiving the panels. Each end panel '70 at its rear edge hasupper and lower edges '73 and '74 which are inclined upwardly and haveat their upper ends protuberances 75 2s which prevent disengagement ofthe ends from the slots 74 M. To permit engaging these panels with thesiots an extension 78 is formed at the upper end oi each of the siotswhich is laterally offset from the slot so that the protruding portion76 of the end panel cannot be passed through the slot except by bendingit into the extension.

A t'aceboard 89 is attached to the frontboard 56 of the support and hasa sight opening -82 therein. The faceboard is connected along its loweredge to the lower edge of the frontboard 56 by a hinge 84, and at itsupper edge by means of adhesive leaving the opposite sides or lateraledges unattached so that a calendar pad may he slipped between thefaceboard and the frontboard and centered with respect to the sightopening 82. Preferably, although not necessarily, a spacer 86 may beplaced between the faceboard and the frontboard bordering the sightopening but set back from the inner edge thereof so as to provide apocket 88 for the calendar pad. While as herein shown the faceboard 80is integrally connected to the frontboard by means of the paper facing,alternatively the faceboard and spacer may be made integral, folded andfastened to the frontboard in any convenient fashion.

An opening 9t) is made in the leg 58 and a brace 92 is struck out of thefrontboard 56 which may be bent rearwardly and engaged with the openingto hold the frontboard and leg in angularly spaced relation, thisconstruction being conventional in mounts of this type and hencerequiring no further description.

The blank B1 (Fig. 12) from which the desk calendar support or mount ismade is cut from sheet material and is divided into three sections, amiddle supporting section S1, a pocket section P1 and a calendar padretaining section C1. The section P1 is divided from the section S1 by ahinge or score line C6 and the section C1 is divided from the section S1by a hinge or score line C7. The support section S1 has cut through init spaced parallel slots 7474 and is itself divided transversely by ahinge or score line C8. The pocket section P1, is scored or otherwisehinged at its opposite ends along the lines C9-C9 to provide the endpanels 7 (l -10 and is cut away or notched at 9292 at opposite sidesnear its junction with the section S1 to provide clearance space. Thesection C1 is cut along intersection pairs of spaced parallel cuts C10to make the sight opening 82 therein. The foregoing cuts for forming thehinges and openings in the blank are made in the same sequence asdescribed heretofore with reference to the wall mount. Following cuttingthe section P1 is folded on its hinge C6 with reference to the supportsection S1 and the end panels 7070 are folded on their hinges C9C9 andare engaged within the slots 74-74 by bending their upper extremitieslaterally into the lateral openings 78-78 so that the ends may be pushedthrough the slots whereupon their extremities are restored to theiroriginal position and will retain the ends in the slots. The faceboard80 constituted by the section C1, is then folded on the line C7 intoengagement with the support section S1, and its lower edge is adhesivelysecured to the support leaving its side edges unattached so that acalendar pad may be pushed :beneath it. Preferably, although notnecessarily, an independent spacer 86 may be placed between thefaceboard and the support to leave more room for the calendar pad. Ashereinafter indicated the faceboard 80 and spacer 86 may be madeseparately from the section S1, folded and then fastened to the sectionS1 in any appropriate manner.

The support section S1 is then folded on the lines C8 so thatapproximately half of it becomes the leg 58 and the remainder thefaceboard 56 of an easel-type desk calendar mount and wherein the pocketis supported by the leg 58 and the calendar pad retainer by thefrontboard 56.

As thus constructed the pocket is of simple construction, adaptable toeither wall or desk calendar mounts and provides an auxiliary storagepocket or receptacle for the calendar mount for reception of memorandum,pencils and the like.

Another form of the desk calendar mount is illustrated in Figs. 13 to 16inclusive. Referring to Fig. 13, the mount has a rigid backboard orsupport 100 of substantially rectangular shape at the lower part ofwhich is mounted a pocket 102. The pocket consists of a front panel 104of substantially trapezoidal shape, having an upper edge 106, a loweredge 108 and side or end edges 110-110. The lower edge 108 is shorterthan the upper edge 106 and hence the ends 110 slope upwardly andoutwardly toward the upper edge. The front panel 104 is connected alongits lower edge 108 by a hinge 112 (Fig. 15) so that it may be moved toand from the support or backboard 100 from a collapsed to an openposition or vice versa, and is operably connected to the support by endmembers 114114. Each end member 114 is connected along one edge to anend of the front panel by a hinge 116 and its opposite edge extendsthrough a slot 118, of which there are two formed in spaced parallelrelation in the support 100 (Fig. 14). The slots 118118 are at a lesserspacing than the ends of the front panel so that the end members orpanels 114-114 of the pocket which pass through these slots are causedto be folded against the back of the board when the pocket is collapsed.Each end panel 114 has upwardly inclined top and bottom edges so as toafford operating room for movement of the end panels through the slots.The end panels also have at their upper rear extremities extensions 116which as will subsequently appear serve to prevent disengagement of theend panels from the slots. A calendar pad C may be fastened by adhesive,stapling or other suitable means to the front face of the pocket panel.

The backboard or support 100 in this form of the invention has hinged toits upper edge a faceboard or covering board 119 which extendsdownwardly from the top edge of the backboard toward the top of thepocket and has a lower edge 120 which overlaps the upper ends of theslots 119 so that when the end panels 114114 are inserted through theslots 119 so that when the end panels 114-414 are inserted through theslots and the faceboard is folded downwardly into contact with the frontface of the backboard the overlapping lower edge of the faceboardcovering the upper ends of the slots constitutes a stop which preventsthe panel extension 116 from being withdrawn from the slots. To affordmeans for engaging or disengaging the rear ends of the panels with theslots after the panel is folded, slits 122 are made in the substance ofthe lower edge of the panel which permit the board to yield sufficientlyto press the projections 116 through them in either direction.

The backboard 100 also has in it a slot 124 (Figs. 14 and 16) which isparallel to the bottom edge and is located at about the level of the topof the pocket. The lower edge 120 of the panel 119 has hinged to it anextension 126 which is adapted to be inserted through the slot 124 so asto extend downwardly and rearwardly from the backboard (Fig. 15) and toform a supporting leg for the mount. The leg 126 has in it an aperture130 for receiving in looking engagement the free end of a brace 128hinged to the backboard. To lock the leg and brace in extended positionthere is a tongue 132 in the aperture which meshes with an enlargedaperture in the free end of the brace. In this form of the movement thepanel 119 need not be adhesively fastened to the backboard since it willbe retained in place by engagement of the extension or leg 126 with theslot 124. The panel 119 is preferably of decorative character and may ormay not serve as a support for photographs, prints and the like.

The hinges connecting the parts 104 and 119 to the backboard and theparts 114 to the ends of the part 104 are all constituted as heretoforedescribed with reference to the previous mounts, by paper facing appliedto the opposite faces of these parts and hence need not be redescribedhere.

The blank B" for forming or making the aforesaid mount and pocket (Fig.16) is cut from sheet material and is divided into three sections,namely a middle section S", which constitutes the backboard or support,and end section P", which constitutes the pocket panels and an endsection C", which constitutes the faceboard and leg for the mount. Thesection S is substantially rectangular and is divided from the sectionsP" and C" by hinge lines C10 and C11. The section P" is furthersubdivided by hinge lines C12C12 to provide the panel 104 whichconstitutes the front panel of the pocket and the side panels 114114,which constitute the ends of the pocket. The opposite end section C", isalso subdivided by a hinge line C13 parallel to the hinge lines C10 andC11 so as to provide an abbreviated faceboard 119 and a leg 126. Spacedparallel slots 118118 are then made in the backboard, a slot 124 is madetrans versely of the backboard and a brace 128 is severed along threesides from the backboard, the remaining side being left attached theretoand scored to provide a hinge C14. The leg member 126 has an aperture130 cut in it which has entering one side thereof a locking tab 132engageable with the brace 128. Slits 122 are made in the edge of thesection C, by cutting through the substance along straight linesperpendicular to this edge.

1 The blank thus formed is set up by folding the panel 104 on the hingeline C10 toward the front face of the backboard and inserting the freeedges of the end panels 114-114 through the slots 118-118 and thenfolding a the section C" toward the face of the backboard and thrustingthe leg 126 through the slot 124 so that it projects downwardly andrearwardly from the backboard. Interengagement of the leg 126 with theslot 124 serves to hold the faceboard 119 against the front face of thebackboard without other attaching means and the brace 128 is thenengaged with the aperture 130 so as to hold the leg angularly disposedwith reference to the back.

As thus constructed this mount provides a compact, pocket-type calendarpad support of somewhat simpler construction than that previouslydescribed and susceptible to easy manufacture in quantity since it maybe laid out for cutting as a single operation and requires a minimumamount of hand work to finish and assemble it.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purposeof illustration only and that this invention includes all modificationsand equivalents which fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A calendar mount carrying an extensible pocket comprising a rigidboard, a panel hinged along its lower edge to the rigid board, saidpanel forming the front of the pocket and being angularly movable to andfrom the board which provides the back of the pocket and end membershaving forward and rear edges operably connecting the panel to theboard, said end members being hinged along their forward edges to theopposite ends of the panel and said board having slots near its lateraledges symmetrical with respect to the hinges joining the end members tothe panel through which the rear edges of the end members project and inwhich the end members are slidable to extend or collapse the pocket, thedistance between the slots being less than the distance between thehinges joining the end members to the panel and means for preventing theend members from being withdrawn from the slots.

2. A calendar mount carrying an extensible pocket comprising a rigidboard, a substantially trapezoidal panel having a top, bottom and ends,the top being wider than the bottom and the ends sloping laterallyoutward from the bottom toward the top, means hingably joining thebottom edge of the panel to the board, said panel forming one wall ofthe pocket and being angularly movable to and from the board which formsan opposite wall of the pocket, end members having forward and rearedges operably connecting the panel and the board, means hingablyconnecting the forward edges of the end members to the sloping ends ofthe panel, said board having spaced parallel slots through it behind thepanel through which the rear edges of the end members project and areslidable to extend or collapse the pocket, the distance between theslots being less than the distance between the hinges joining the endmembers to the panel and means for preventing the rear edges of the endmembers from being disengaged from the slots.

3. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the opposite edges ofthe end members of the pocket having locking tabs projecting upwardlytherefrom which overlap the upper edges of the slots when the pocket isopened.

4. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the rear edges of theend members are longer than the slots in which the ends operate and theslots have lateral extensions providing in conjunction with the slotsdeviating openings corresponding in overall length to said rear edges ofthe ends, said lateral openings being separated from the slots bysurfaces which normally operate to hold the extensions in the slots outof registration with said lateral extensions.

5. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the pocket panel isnarrower than the board and is locatedat the bottom of the board so thata portion of the board rises upwardly from the top of the pocket and afaceboard having a substantially rectangular sight opening therethroughis fastened to the upwardly extending portion is of the board above thepocket between which and the board may be placed matter to be displayed.

:6. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the pocket panel isnarrower than the board and is located at the bottom of the board sothat a portion of the board rises upwardly from the top of the pocket,and a faceboard having a rectangular sight opening therethrough isfastened at its top and bottom edges to the board above the pocketleaving its lateral edges unattached for reception between it and theboard for matter to be displayed, the lower edge of the faceboardoverlaps the upper ends of the slots and forms means which preventdisengagement of the ends of the pocket from the slots.

7. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the board is madewider than the pocket panel, that portion of the board carrying thepocket constituting a leg and the remainder thereof constituting thefront board of an easel to the face of which is attached a faceboardhaving a sight opening therein beneath which may be placed matter to bedisplayed.

8. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the board is widerthan the pocket panel, a faceboard is attached to the portion of theboard not covered by the pocket panel, said faceboard having a sightopening therein beneath which may be placed matter to be displayed andsaid board having a hinge extending transversely of it between thepocket panel and faceboard ermitting folding the board to provide aneasel-type support having converging legs joined by said transversehinge, one leg of which carries the pocket and the other leg of whichcarries the faceboard.

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